Originally Posted by
KerryS
I agree with Kanga - Australian PR means you get PR automatically in NZ. My brother is in Australia (and now a citizen) and came over to visit me in NZ when still there on PR.
He was given a NZ PR stamp in his passport when he entered the country at Auckland.
The thing to bear in mind- and what I wanted to come back and look at again is that the NZ Operations manual says:
People who hold current Australian permanent residence visas or current Australian resident return visas may be granted residence permits on arrival in New Zealand,
But what happens when your Oz Permanant Residence expires, which it will if you gain Oz PR and come straight to NZ (and I *think* you might need to activate it by coming through Oz- not sure about that bit)- I'm not sure how long the Resident Return visas that are initially granted with the OZ PR last. So, if anyone is considering getting Oz PR (which for some people *is* easier to get than NZ- depends on individuals) they need to look seriously at the following:
- Are you issued residence to NZ at the border or a permit?
- If it's a permit does it expire when you leave NZ and (importantly) if you leave NZ at some date in the future after your Oz PR visa has expired (which it does after a period of time if you don't take up residence in Oz) are you then eligible for another NZ permit on re-entry to NZ
Obviously an INDEFINITE Oz PR visa or Oz citizenship would remedy that eventuality but that would be my concern with entering NZ with a Oz PR ALONE. I'll see if I can answer the questions myself ....